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To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt.

To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate; as, to irradiate the mind. Bp. Bull.

n ideal personification of the typical Russian or of the Russian people; -- used as "John Bull" is used for the typical Englishman.

man. John-apple, a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same as Apple-john. -- John Bull, an ideal personification of the typical characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English people. -- John Bullism, English character. W. Irving. -- John Doe (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitious plaintiff in a…

; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against. "Bullies jostled him." Macaulay. Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are perpetually jostling each other. I. Taylor.

instances. They were Judaizing doctors, who taught the observation of the Mosaic law. Bp. Bull.

The fabled offspring of a bull and a mare. Locke.

or nature; natural. [R.] The kindly fruits of the earth. Book of Com. Prayer. An herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting. Spenser. Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is kindly for Him as the Son of Man to save the sons of men. L. Andrews.

centaury (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the knoblike heads of flowers. Called also bullweed.

s both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the minera…

To come to a rest; to stop and remain; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree.

ojecting in front of the nose; -- called also noble, pluck, pogge, sea poacher, and armed bullhead.

Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.

abiting Northern America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also Dolly Varden trout, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and golet.

The killer; the man appointed to kill the bull in bullfights.

In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who naglected to brand his cattle.

ttus), as the European species (U. gobio), and the American (U. gracilis); -- called also bullhead. (b) A small bird, as the gold-crest, chiff- chaff, and long-tailed tit. [Prov. Eng.]

A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel.

A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by Dædalus in Crete.

om the true direction. Men observe when things hit, and not when they miss. Bacon. Flying bullets now, To execute his rage, appear too slow; They miss, or sweep but common souls away. Waller.